DreamHack Winter Showdown

DreamHack Winter Showdown matches will take place from December 11th to 20th. Natus Vincere is on the list of participants.

Natus Vincere received an invitation to the second stage of the closed qualifiers. Our squad will be opposed by 24 teams, including FaZe Clan, Omaken Sports and others.

The best 14 teams will qualify for the grand final: they will fight for the champions title and the prize fund of $ 30 000. 

Group stage

— will take place from December 11th to 13th;
— the format is Round Robin;
— 24 teams are divided into three groups with eight in each; 
— 14 best teams advance to the finals;
— the remaining teams will have to leave the competition.

Group А   Nordic Fury  Northern Lights  Raise Your Edge  ADEPTS  ShiftW   Redline   The Nuclear Penguins   WinStreak15

Group B   Blaze Esports   APEKS  Bystanders   Digital Athletics  Etiget Esports   Entropiq   Saunabois   Sniip

Group С  Natus Vincere   GR   fastPay Wildcats   Ne Priehali   Omaken Sports   PinkPonY   TORNADO ENERGY  FaZe Clan

Each group will face the other group: six matches on each day. The scores of all groups will be summed up in the overall standings. 

Group stage standings(after 2/3 days)

Place	Teams	Points
1	FaZe Clan	136
2	Natus Vincere	128
3	Northern Lights	110
4	TORNADO ENERGY	107
5	Bystanders	92
6	ADEPTS	86
7	Omaken Sports	71
8	Saunabois	69
9	GR	69
10	Digital Athletics	65
11	Sniip	63
12	fastPay Wildcats	61
13	Redline	59
14	WinStreak15	58
15	The Nuclear Penguins	58
16	Raise Your Edge	58
17	PinkPonY	54
18	Entropiq	53
19	Ne Priehali	48
20	ShiftW	45
21	Blaze Esports	44
22	Etiget Esports	43
23	APEKS	34
24	Nordic Fury	32

Final stage

— will take place on December 18th to 20th;
— the teams will play a total of 18 matches in three days. 

Prize pool distribution

1st place —  $ 13 500
2nd place —  $ 7 000
3rd place —  $ 3 500
4th place —  $ 2 500
5th place —  $ 2 000
6th place — $ 1 500

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